Texting While Driving Laws Are RACIST. Duh.

Texting while driving is REALLY dangerous.

Many of us are guilty of it. I know I am from time to time. I tell myself “only at red lights” but I don’t want to be the a-hole that holds everyone in the turn lane up either. It’s a horribly selfish thing to do and I am committed to completely breaking the habit.

I knew my boyfriend was getting serious about me the first time he gave me a gift. No – it wasn’t flowers or a stuffed animal – it was one of those little suction cup phone holders you put on your dash. “Chicks your age die from texting and diving… and I’m really starting to like you.”

It was love, you guys. True love.

Now, whenever we go on road trips we see people swerving and compleeetely falling out of their lane all the time – drunk or texting? It legitimately looks the exact same. We speed up to pass them and 98% of the time they’re looking down at their phones.

Anywhooo… Florida wants to do something about it. But that’s RACIST.

According to the Miami Herald:

The original 2013 Florida law made texting while driving subject to a $20 fine with no points assessed on a driver’s record.

But as distracted driving crashes rise steadily year after year, advocates say it’s time to give police more enforcement power to reduce traffic injuries and deaths caused by distracted driving.

Ok… sounds good to me. It’s dangerous stuff… maybe something should be done about it.

Not according to “African American Lawmakers.”

But African-American lawmakers, citing racial disparities in studies of traffic stops and acts of police violence against blacks, are wary of the idea.

“There’s a concern that it could be a pretext to stop certain individuals,” said Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Lauderhill, chairman of the 28-member legislative black caucus and an opponent of a tougher texting law.

“There is good reason to be concerned about more officer discretion,” said Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida. “Racial disparities in traffic law enforcement are well-documented. Black and Hispanic drivers are far more likely to be pulled over than white drivers for the same behaviors and offenses, and once stopped, people of color are more likely to be subjected to a police search.”

The ACLU study found that in Pensacola’s Escambia County, black motorists were four times more likely to be stopped and ticketed, and three times more likely in Palm Beach County.

“I don’t really want to create another instance where police can pull people over,” said another caucus member, Rep. Sean Shaw, D-Tampa.

You realize what this means, right?

Basically we should just stop making laws all together, because a larger percentage of black people might break them, which makes it RACIST.

Disproportionate percentages do NOT automatically mean racism. But whatever.

So yeah, stop making laws, Florida. We don’t want any more black people pulled over. REGARDLESS of what they do. We just don’t want them in trouble, you hear?